Cranleigh Lib Dem Councillor voted Waverley Youth Champion winner (South West Surrey Liberal Democrats)

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Cranleigh Lib Dem Councillor voted Waverley Youth Champion winner

December 2, 2007 12:00 AM

Ken reed wins the youth vote

It was a gruelling two weeks for the County and Borough Councillors in Waverley who recently took part in the "I'm a Councillor, Get me out of Here!" contest. Day by day, students attending Waverley secondary schools voted off Councillors very much in the way of television's "I'm a Celebrity…".

After a close-fought contest, in which councillors responded to hundreds of web-based questions from the students, the "I'm a Councillor Youth Champion 2007" for Waverley was announced as Councillor Ken Reed, a Liberal Democrat who represents the Cranleigh East ward.

Cllr Ken Reed said, "As the winner of IAC 2007 in Waverley, I should like to thank all of those students across the borough who took part and particularly those who voted for me. I really enjoyed engaging with the young people and had to answer some very searching questions. I'm a Councillor, Get me out of Here may be seen as a light-hearted way of raising interest in political issues for younger people, but I hope that everyone who was involved - teachers, councillors and students - has benefited from the experience; I know that I have."